K-pop star Moon Bin, member of boy band Astro, dies at age 25 – National | 24CA News
Okay-pop star Moon Bin, member of the favored boy band group Astro, was discovered lifeless at his dwelling in Seoul, South Korea on Wednesday night, his administration label introduced. He was 25.
Moon Bin, identified professionally as Moonbin, was reportedly discovered unresponsive by his supervisor within the Gangnam neighbourhood of Seoul.
Police are at the moment investigating the dying, although native authorities have stated there’s no proof of foul play. A police officer in Seoul informed the Korean outlet Yonhap News that Moon Bin’s dying seems to be a suicide.
“On April 19, Astro member Moon Bin unexpectedly left our world and became a star in the sky,” reads an announcement in Korean from the music company Fantagio.
The music company didn’t present any extra details about Moon Bin’s dying however stated the label’s different artists are in a state of “very deep sadness and shock.”
Fantagio requested followers to “refrain from speculative and malicious reports” in favour of respecting the Moon household’s privateness.
Moon Bin’s funeral can be as non-public as potential with household, buddies and colleagues in attendance, the assertion reads.
Astro debuted in 2016 after they appeared on a well-liked actuality TV present. The group shortly discovered success in South Korea and Japan and was listed on Billboard’s high 10 record of recent Okay-pop teams that yr, with the journal praising them for his or her “bright, synthpop sound that won over K-pop lovers from around the world.”
Astro initially had six members, however one left the group in February 2023. The group has launched three full-length albums and 10 EPs since their debut.
Before becoming a member of Astro, Moon Bin was a toddler actor and mannequin. He held a minor function within the Okay-drama Boys Over Flowers, which was vastly widespread in Asia.
Moon Bin’s sister, Moon Sua, can also be a Okay-pop artist, a member of the woman band Billlie. Moon Bin and Moon Sua carried out collectively as a part of a subgroup known as Moonbin & Sanha.
Several South Korean singers and actors have died by suicide lately, which has touched off soul-searching about harsh competitors within the fast-growing leisure business, an abusive on-line tradition and failure by administration to handle the psychological well being issues of their stars.
Most Okay-pop stars be part of leisure businesses at a really younger age — many of their early teenagers — and practice intensively for a number of years earlier than making a public debut. Okay-pop stars are sometimes held to very excessive requirements within the public eye and are regularly scrutinized on-line for his or her look, gown and behavior.
In 2019, widespread Okay-pop star Goo Hara of the group Kara died by a suspected suicide at 28 years previous. The yr prior, she sued her ex-boyfriend for bodily assault and threatening to blackmail the star with a sexually express video. He was given a suspended jail time period, however Goo Hara’s profession and repute remained tarnished till her dying.
Just over a month earlier than Goo Hara died, a member of the F(x) woman group, Sulli, additionally died by a suspected suicide amid a longtime battle with on-line harassment and bullying. Sulli was 25.
Sulli was good buddies with Kim Jonghyun, member of SHINee, one among Korea’s most profitable boybands, who died of a suspected suicide in 2017. During his profession, Kim Jonghyun was a uncommon voice within the Okay-pop business who brazenly mentioned his struggles with melancholy and psychological sickness. He was 27.
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, South Korea has the highest suicide charge of any nation, at about 26 per each 100,000 individuals. Mental well being and remedy stay stigmatized in South Korean society.
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